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Canon Camera Hackers Manual

Canon Camera Hackers Manual (257 pages)

Camera Hackers Manual Berthold Daum

Brand: Canon | Category: Digital Camera | Size: 2.76 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
6
1 Introduction

10
2 Cameras and Operating Systems

12
- Camera Hardware
  12
- Processors and Operating Systems
  14
- The CHDK: What It Is and How It Works
  14
- History
  14
- How It Works
  15
- What the CHDK Can Do for You
  16
3 Installing the CHDK

20
- Requirements
  20
- Does a CHDK Exist for My Camera
  20
- Downloading the CHDK
  21
- Manual Installation
  22
- The Warranty Question
  23
4 Teach Your Camera New Tricks

26
- Using Menus
  26
- Customizing the User Interface
  27
- OSD Codepage
  27
- Fonts
  27
- Colors
  28
- Organizing the Screen
  28
- User Menus
  31
- Grids
  31
- Miscellaneous Values
  33
- Customizing the DOF Calculator
  35
- Other User Interface Options
  36
- Exposure
  37
- Overrides
  37
- Custom Auto ISO
  40
- Histogram
  42
- Zebra
  44
- High-Speed Photography
  45
- Night Photography
  47
- Flash
  49
- Using Curves
  50
- Focus
  54
- Shooting RAW
  55
- Basics
  55
- Dng
  57
- Other RAW Parameters
  59
- Processing RAW Images
  60
- In-Camera RAW Processing
  61
- More RAW Processing
  62
- Bracketing
  64
- General Bracketing Notes
  64
- HDR and Tone Mapping
  66
- Focus Stacking
  69
- Edge Overlay
  72
- More Video Options
  73
- Remote Control
  75
- CHDK Remote Control Functions
  75
- Building a Simple Remote Control
  76
- SDM Functions
  77
- Extra Hardware
  78
- Tethered Shooting
  78
- Utilities
  79
- File Browser
  79
- Text File Reader
  80
- Getting Information about the Camera
  81
- Novelty
  82
- Games
  82
- Flashlight
  83
- The CHDK Configuration File
  83
5 Scripting

86
- Launching and Configuring Scripts
  86
- Ubasic
  88
- Ubasic Primer
  94
- Variables
  94
- Assignments
  94
- Output
  95
- Conditional Clauses
  95
- Case Structures
  96
- Loops
  97
- Labels and Gotos
  98
- Subroutines
  99
- Comments
  100
- Script Structure
  100
- Lua Primer
  101
- Variables
  101
- Strings
  102
- Tables
  102
- Assignments
  103
- Output
  103
- Blocks
  104
- Conditional Clauses
  104
- Loops
  105
- Functions
  108
- Error Handling
  109
- Comments
  110
- Script Structure
  110
- Standard Libraries
  110
- CHDK Commands
  121
- Button-Related Commands
  121
- Exposure-Related Commands
  123
- Focus-Related Commands
  128
- Zoom-Related Commands
  129
- Flash-Related Commands
  130
- Image-Related Commands
  130
- Time-Related Commands
  131
- Display-Related Commands
  131
- Image Management Commands
  132
- Camera State
  133
- Low-Level Commands (Lua Only)
  135
- The Library Capmode.lua (Lua Only)
  136
- Property Cases
  137
- Example Scripts
  148
- Time Machines
  149
- Bracketing
  168
- Motion Detection
  173
- Exposure Control
  189
- Remote Control
  191
- Configuration Switching
  195
- Script Development
  203
6 Advanced Techniques

206
- Panoramas
  206
- HDR Panoramas
  209
- HDR Videos
  212
7 The Stereo Data Maker (SDM)

214
- Installing the SDM
  214
- Restrictions
  216
- Additional Functions
  216
- Operation
  217
- Remote Control
  218
- Communications
  220
- USB Upload
  220
- Serial Communications
  220
- Stereo Photography
  221
- Stereo Photography with a Single Camera
  222
- Producing and Viewing Composite Stereo Images
  226
- Stereo Focus Stacking
  226
- Synchronized Cameras
  227
- Synchronized Flash
  230
- Digiscoping
  231
- Scripting
  233
8 Kites, Balloons, and Multikopters

240
- Kite Aerial Photography
  240
- Balloon-Based Photography
  241
- Motorized Flying Platforms
  242
- Other Unattended Operations
  242
9 Look Across the Fence

244
- Canon EOS CHDK
  244
- Canon 5D as a Professional Movie Camera
  244
- Pentax Hacks
  245
Appendix

246
- Using Cards with more than 4 GB Capacity
  246
- Troubleshooting
  248
- A.2 Troubleshooting
  248
- Web Links
  250
- A.3 Web Links
  250
- Contributing to the CHDK
  251
- Bibliography
  252
- A.5 Bibliography
  252
Index

254

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